Hop River

Hop River
At Hop River Road in Coventry
Location
Country	United States
State	Connecticut
Counties	Tolland
Physical characteristics
Source	Unnamed marsh
• location	Bolton, Tolland County, Connecticut, United States
• coordinates	41°47′18″N 72°26′06″W
Mouth	Willimantic River
• location	Columbia, Tolland County, Connecticut, United States
• coordinates	41°43′23″N 72°15′00″W

The Hop River is a river that runs through Tolland County, Connecticut. The Hop River's marshy source is just southeast of Bolton Notch, Connecticut. It flows for about 15.0 miles (24.1 km) to its confluence with the Willimantic River.^[1] There is a popular paddling route beginning where the Skungamaug River enters the Hop River just north of the Hendee Road bridge and ending at the Willimantic River. Most of this route consists of quick-water, but a few Class I and Class II whitewater areas exist.

The Hop River State Park Trail crosses the river twice and is parallel to the river for the majority of the river's length.

Crossings

County	Town	Carrying
Tolland	Bolton	US 6 (twice in a row)
	Coventry	South St.
	Andover	Times Farm Rd.
		Hendee Rd.
		Long Hill Rd.
		Bunker Hill Rd.
	Coventry	Parker Bridge Rd.
	Columbia	Hop River State Park Trail (twice in a row)
		Hop River Rd.
		Pucker Rd.
		US 6 (Willimantic Bypass)
		Abandoned Railroad Bridge
		Flanders Rd.

See also

• List of rivers of Connecticut

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed April 1, 2011

External links

• Connecticut Explorer's Guide Online paddling maps of the Hop River